Can you believe we are coming up on the quarter mark of the NB1 season this week? The Hungarian national team has been officially eliminated from FIFA World Cup qualification, and there are no teams left in UEFA competition which leaves just the NB1 (and the Magyar Kupa) to whet our Hungarian football appetites … as if that’s not enough. As we head into the 8th round the top of the...

Three weeks into the new season and we already have a surprise at the top of the table. Tamás Bódog’s Diósgyor have started the season in fine fashion to set the early pace in the league. Also, last season’s second half whipping boys Mezokövesd started brightly before falling hard to Ferencváros at the weekend. Roland Varga is on a roll with four goals for Fradi and Újpest have had...

Can you believe we are coming up on the quarter mark of the NB1 season this week? The Hungarian national team has been officially eliminated from FIFA World Cup qualification, and there are no teams left in UEFA competition which leaves just the NB1 (and the Magyar Kupa) to whet our Hungarian football appetites … as if that’s not enough. As we head into the 8th round the top of the table looks very much as it did toward the end of...

Three weeks into the new season and we already have a surprise at the top of the table. Tamás Bódog’s Diósgyor have started the season in fine fashion to set the early pace in the league. Also, last season’s second half whipping boys Mezokövesd started brightly before falling hard to Ferencváros at the weekend. Roland Varga is on a roll with four goals for Fradi and Újpest have had déjà vu three weeks in a row as their newly-assembled...

Hello everyone! We’re back! After what seemed like a short summer break, we welcome back the teams of NB1 on Saturday as they raise the curtain on another season. No longer will we see the likes of Gyirmót and MTK as they’ve slipped into the murky waters of NBII. Instead Puskás Akadémia and Balmazújváros have climbed into the fray and will begin testing their mettle against the top teams in the country to see if they have what...

In our ongoing to attempt to keep you abreast of everything Hungarian in the world of football I ran across an anomaly – a delightful oasis of passion and energetic enthusiasm for the beautiful game on the banks of the Ohio River. It was a perfect confluence of interest and proximity that brought me to Cincinnati, Ohio for a US Open Cup match between MLS’s Chicago Fire and second-tier side FC Cincinnati. The lure of watching...

This is the final installment of a 3-part preview on Hungary’s representatives in the UEFA Europa League this season. The clubs that qualified out of Hungary’s top flight will start in the First Qualifying Round of the Europa League and will face other domestic top finishers or cup winners from around Europe starting on 29 June with the first leg. The second leg will be played the following week on 6 July and the team with the...

This is the second installment of a 3-part preview on Hungary’s representatives in the UEFA Europa League this season. The clubs that qualified out of Hungary’s top flight will start in the First Qualifying Round of the Europa League and will face other domestic top finishers or cup winners from around Europe starting on 29 June with the first leg. The second leg will be played the following week on either 4 or 6 July and the...